Nonmonotone systems decomposable into monotone systems with negative feedback (Q2493096)

The paper develops the ideas of monotone systems and control monotone systems: these systems arise from generalizing models with nonnegative coordinates. There are considered systems on partially ordered spaces. These are spaces with a cone. Within this framework the feedback system \[ \dot{x}=f(x,h(x)) \] is embedded in the larger symmetric system \[ \dot{x}=f(x,h(y)), \qquad \dot{y}=f(y,h(x)), \] which may generate a monotone system with respect to a suitably chosen cone. The simple case of \[ \dot{x}=Ax+h(x) \] on \(\mathbb{R}_+\), where \(A\) is a Hurwitz matrix with nonnegative off-diagonal elements, is discussed within this framework. The above structure is further generalized to functional-differential equations using the extended system \[ \dot{x}=f(x_t,h(y_t)), \qquad \dot{y}=f(y_t,h(x_t)). \] Both cases are illustrated by examples. Finally reaction-diffusion systems are considered.